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A report recently surfaced online stating that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might combine its messaging systems into a single, unified system. Now, the information has been confirmed that the social media giant is planning to merge its WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram platforms, but not this year. The company's CEO made the announcement during Facebook s

Facebook has been in troubled waters for quite some time now. Ever since the notorious Cambridge Analytica scandal surfaced early last year, the social media major has been (and continues to be) under intense scrutiny by governments and privacy watchdogs. However, even though these problems have definitely eroded people s trust in Facebook quite a

OnePlus 6T and the OnePlus 6 have gained praise for their improved design, internal specifications and the software. OnePlus has also made it a point to release frequent updates with new features and improvements on both devices. The company is also rolling out new beta versions with new test features as part of its Open

Developers of WhatsApp, one of the most popular messaging platforms, are working on a number of new features. In addition to these features, a previous report also indicated that Facebook, the parent company for WhatsApp is thinking about integrating the app with Instagram Direct and Facebook Messenger. The report indicated that the company plans on

WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption -- the hallmark of users' security -- may go for a toss if Facebook integrates the popular mobile messaging platform with not-that-secure Instagram and Messenger. According to a report in The Wired on Saturday, to universally preserve end-to-end encryption poses a whole additional set of critical challenges for Facebook. WhatsApp chats are

Social media giant Facebook is reportedly planning to allow cross-platform messaging between its Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp apps. While each platform will continue to operate as standalone app, the underlying infrastructure will allow users to communicate between the ecosystem. According to The New York Times, chats across all three apps will be end-to-end encrypted, but

Facebook has implemented and consequently reverted a number of UI changes to Messenger in the past few months. Most users have asked for a system-wide dark theme time and again and it now seems like the social media giant has begun testing it in some countries. Jane Manchun Wong, who is known for tearing down

Facebook defended its data sharing practices after a report revealing that certain partners of the social network had access to a range of personal information about users and their friends. The New York Times late Tuesday reported that some 150 companies including powerful partners like Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, and Spotify could access detailed information about

Google is known for creating and shutting down messaging and social media platforms due to lackluster response. The latest in the list of service getting an axe is the Allo messaging application. We first heard that in a way to transition to Chat and Meet but a product lead refuted those claims. However, Google is

Industry body COAI Monday advocated a "level playing field" between telecom operators and competing over-the-top (OTT) players and said the regulator Trai had raised "appropriate" issues in the latest discussion paper exploring regulatory framework for such service providers. "We feel the issues are appropriate and they (Trai) have narrowed it down in terms of saying

It may not be as popular as WhatsApp, but Facebook s own Messenger is still used by billions of people across the globe to chat with each other. The platform/app has numerous features, including everything from chatbots to instant games. And if a new report is any indication, Messenger may get another new functionality soon.

WhatsApp finally enabled its stickers feature last month and offered a number of stickers packs in the main application. For the people who are interested in details about the sticker packs, WhatsApp has launched 12 stickers as part of WhatsApp. Most of the sticker packs available as part of the initial launch are already available

Facebook's unsend message feature is finally live after multiple trial reports for several months. The company was first spotted testing unsend message (delete) option for Facebook Messenger in April, and now it has rolled out this feature for select regions to start with. At present, Facebook Messenger users in Colombia, Poland, Bolivia, and Lithuania will

WhatsApp seems to be working on two new features according to a recent report on the internet. According to the report, WhatsApp is planning to include add contact to quickly add contacts in your contact list without leaving the app and a QR code to easily and quickly share your contact with others. Both these

Facebook is planning to roll out a new update to Messenger that will allow users to delete sent messages from chat threads within 10 minutes of sending. A Twitter user spotted the feature listed as "coming soon" in the release notes for version 191.0 of Messenger's iOS client, The Verge reported on Wednesday. "Coming soon:

Facebook is finally gearing up to launch a new feature of its Messaging platform, the Facebook Messenger. According to new release notes for the latest version of Messenger for iOS, the company claims that this new version is coming soon . The information also reveals that Facebook will give users up to 10 minutes to

Facebook has announced its overhauled version of Messenger app - Messenger 4 - today. The redesigned Facebook Messenger has been re-imaged with 'simplicity' in mind and based on users' feedback. The company is calling it simplified version of Messenger. The revamped Facebook Messenger will now have three tabs instead of nine. Facebook conducted a study

Social media giant Facebook has just announced its plans for adding Instant games to it's Lite app and gaming groups. The company also added that it plans to add new monetization options including support for advertisements and IAP (In-app purchases). For people who may not know about Instant games, these are relatively simple games that

Facebook recently announced its first product in the home speaker category, designed to take on the Google Home and Amazon Echo series. Portal by Facebook is connected to Amazon's Alexa voice assistant, but also features Facebook-geared tweaks that make it work better with the popular social media platform. But with any product built by Facebook,

Facebook has finally begun testing option to unsend messages on its Messenger application after it was revealed that the company secretly deleted some old messages sent by its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Earlier this year, Facebook disclosed that it secretly deleted some messages by Zuckerberg and announced plans to make the feature available to

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